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Editor: David Reiss
Brooklyn Law School

November 30, 2015

Monday’s Adjudication Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

BNY Mellon files a brief on writ for cert with the Supreme Court warning the potential for “warping” the residential mortgage-backed securities market if it overturns the Second Circuit’s decision finding that provisions of the Trust Indenture Act did not … Continue reading

November 20, 2015

Friday’s Government Reports Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

According to an October 2015 Department of Labor report, 271,000 jobs were added to the US economy in the month of October and the unemployment rate decreased to 5% from 5.1% in September. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released … Continue reading

November 18, 2015

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

Introduction to Special Issue: Government Involvement in Residential Mortgage Markets, W. Scott Frame, Real Estate Economics, Vol. 43, Issue 4, pp. 807–819, 2015 (Paid Access). How Does the Federal Reserve’s Large‐Scale Asset Purchases (LSAPs) Influence Mortgage‐Backed Securities (MBS) Yields and … Continue reading

November 16, 2015

Monday’s Adjudication Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

Following SCOTUS’s March Omnicare decision, a pension fund is claiming that the Second Circuit failed to take into account said decision in failing to revive Bank of America mortgage suit. The plaintiff requests SCOTUS’s review. U.S. District Court judge dismisses … Continue reading

November 11, 2015

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

The Value of Manufactured Housing Communities: A Dual-Ownership Model, Charles Becker & Ashley Yea, Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (ERID) Working Paper No. 196. Liquidity Provision, Credit Risk and the Bond Spread: New Evidence from the Subprime Mortgage Market, Xudong … Continue reading

November 6, 2015

Friday’s Government Reports Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

HUD’s Office of Policy Development & Research released its most recent issue of Cityscape, featuring research from a symposium about affordable housing and neighborhood qualities. The HOME Coalition released “Building HOME: The HOME Investment Partnerships Program’s Impact on America’s Families … Continue reading

November 4, 2015

Wednesday’s Academic Roundup

By Shea Cunningham

2015 Trying Times: Important Lessons to Be Learned from Recent Federal Tax Cases, Nancy A. McLaughlin & Stephen J. Small, Presented at Land Trust Alliance Rally 2015, Sacramento, CA, Friday October 9, 2015. Do People Shape Cities, or Do Cities … Continue reading